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24 alternatives to This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald's First Novel

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This Side of Paradise launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Knowledge▲62

   A too close to true novel

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fahrenheit 451 ▲21

   A Book About Books

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Count of Monte Cristo▲69

   "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Modern Romance▲92

   The pleasures and perils of modern relationships

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bird by Bird▲82

   Some instructions on writing and life

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Thoreau: A Sublime Life▲66

   Comic biography

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Elegance of the Hedgehog▲68

   Beautiful existentialist novel

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Folded Clock▲70

   Diary of a modern writer

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Outline: A Novel▲55

   One-sided conversations on a plane about life

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    "The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov▲62

    TFW You Learn More About Life From A Bird, Than From School

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How to Read a Book▲92

    The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Wanderlust▲61

    A history of walking

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris▲65

    Edmund White's travelogue of his time in Paris

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Walden▲62

    Walden and Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Don Quixote▲62

    A Masterpiece of European Literature

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The New Walden▲60

    Beautiful, modern adaptation of Thoreau's masterpiece.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Leonardo's Notebooks▲69

    Writing and art of the great master

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Sense of Style▲82

    Great book on how to write

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Girl in the Spider's Web▲60

    From the author of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Booknshelf – Discover great books on different topics▲89

    2017 · booknshelf.com · its alternatives →

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    Essentialism▲70

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Letters to a Young Poet▲60

    A collection of letters on art, love and solitude

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Reading with the Right Brain▲62

    Read Faster by Reading Ideas Instead of Just Words

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry▲74

    From a fairy tale to the serious philosophical questions

    2015 · its alternatives →

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